Countries in the Asia Pacific (APAC) region have an opportunity, or a time-limited “gap,” to become leaders on the global biotechnology stage, panelists at the Bio Asia 2025 conference said in Singapore Sept. 9.

Although 2024 showed signs of recovery, 2025 is once again reflecting an IPO slowdown, with global biopharma IPO proceeds in the first seven months of the year falling to their lowest level since 2016.

Neurosciences specialist NRG Therapeutics Ltd. is poised to put its new class of small-molecule regulators of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore to the test after closing an oversubscribed £50 million (US$67 million) series B.

Companies developing AI-based health care solutions need to ensure they have quality data, a solution that can easily integrate into clinical workflow systems and teams with evolving skills, to attract investment, delegates heard at the LSI Europe ’25 conference in London.

Neurosciences specialist NRG Therapeutics Ltd. is poised to put its new class of small-molecule regulators of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore to the test after closing an oversubscribed £50 million (US$67 million) series B.

Epigenic Therapeutics Co. Ltd. closed a $60 million series B round to support clinical development of lead gene therapy candidates EPI-003 for chronic hepatitis B virus and EPI-001 for hypercholesterolemia.